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Friday, November 24, 2017

Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP headache: Ukrainian ambassador says Alex Salmond is RT’s ‘puppet’, SNP loose cannon rakes in the ‘roubles’ as SNP MPs try to make Salmond take the show off air, the lure of the limelight and the money will be too much for Salmond, no comrades where big bucks are concerned

Dear All

It seems that the Alex Salmond Show on RT isn’t getting
glowing reviews off everyone; the Ukrainian ambassador has boldly declared that
Alex Salmond is an RT ‘puppet’. If Alex Salmond is an RT ‘puppet’ what
does that say about Tasmina Ahmed- Shiekh who has joined Salmond on his media
quest for enlightment?

In what must be a brutal intervention, Ukrainian ambassador
to UK Natalia Galibarenko has accused Alex Salmond of sacrificing his
reputation.

I think that if Natalia Galibarenko had watched the run up
to the Scottish independence referendum that she would have realised that Scotland’s
‘jolly fat man’ Alex Salmond shredded his reputation then.

The SNP lied to the people of Scotland to
win, they ran a despicable campaign which some called ‘anti English’ despite
protestations of English people in the SNP ranks, the useful idiots as termed
by others.

It is quite extraordinary for an ambassador to speak out in
this way and we should take note of her concerns, in Putin’s Russia, all
isn’t sunshine and roses. Although the Russians might think having an ex First
Minister of Scotland is a coup, long term, the Russians will realise that
Salmond’s day has long gone, both politics and media.

Oh to be known as “a puppet” on the Kremlin-backed RT
television channel!

The Russians had no business doing what they did there, and
it is a blight on their standing within the international community, they did
so out of fear, that Ukraine was
getting too cosy with the West. It seems that in autumn 2013, Russia warned Ukraine that
if it went ahead with a planned agreement on free trade with the EU, this
led to a crisis.

Ms Galibarenko said:

“I can understand maybe that he made it (the show) for
financial reasons. Obviously they proposed a lot of money, I can presume. But
again I think reputation is something you shouldn’t sacrifice.”

Some people’s desire for money can be as big as their belly!

The ambassador also said she had spoken to SNP MPs, who did
not support Salmond’s decision; she made it know that some of them were trying
to persuade him to take the show off air. Presumably given Salmond’s status and
his yoyo leadership in the SNP, they must be doing this quietly just in case he
stands again when Nicola Sturgeon steps down.

She added:

“I think this (Russia Today) is the instrument of Russian
propaganda. They are making fake news about the Ukraine and about European
countries.”

A spokesperson for Slàinte Media, which produces The Alex
Salmond Show, said:

“RT UK can
speak for itself. All licensed broadcasters in the UK are
regulated by Ofcom and cannot, therefore, by definition operate as
propaganda channels. As far as the Alex Salmond Show is
concerned, if Ms Galibarenko has a complaint about its content then
we will be delighted to hear from her”.

Then in a typical SNP style snide remark, the spokesperson
said:

“That would involve her first watching the programme.
It would appear from her reported remarks that she has yet to watch the show.
That is the normal way of doing things not attempting to bring political
pressure to bear on private companies producing programmes for a
licensed broadcaster.”

So, Alex Salmond wanted international recognition, well he
is getting it, the review appears to be less than glowing, and problematic for
the SNP. Less we forget; Ms Galibarenko was in Edinburgh for the unveiling of a
memorial to her compatriots, who perished in Holodomor – the act of genocide
committed by Joseph Stalin’s Soviet regime that resulted in millions of deaths
in the 1930s.

Stalin’s Russia murdered a huge amount of people in what is
termed the purges, although the Berlin Wall has come down, communism has
collapsed, the old guard of the KGB is still there controlling things behind
the scenes!

The Alex Salmondski Show is currently running on RT, how
long that will last might depends on the Kermlin?

4 comments:

My God, Salmond is a cretin! Putin is quite obviously as trustworthy as a fox in a rabbit hutch, everyone knows it, and yet Salmond becomes his poodle. For what? Because he lost his anglophobic indyref? Because he lost his seat? Or his place in the EU? Such a pathetic spectacle, he's almost worthy of pity.

(Personally I think that not everyone would've been anti-English in the indyref, but I reckon they'd either have believed it not to be true, or just turned a blind eye to it and pretended it wasn't there.)

Even more than a Tory George he is only in it for the self aggrandisement and the money obviously the latter in this case. The thoughtfull mind wonders about relationships with other partners in the scheme lol:)